ISBN:
9781646983117
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (140 pages)
DDC:
305
Keywords:
Equality
;
Hope
;
Social justice-Religious aspects-Christianity
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Exploring models of hope that are expressed through critique, persistence, vision, and holy inspiration in the Hebrew Bible and that find continued resonance in the traditions of Jesus, Brueggemann locates in the Scriptures a tenacious shalom that breaks through the rocky ground of struggle and suffering. This gritty, wide-awake hope is willing to be dissatisfied and to cry out against the oppressor, while reaching forward to imagine new alternatives with creativity and freedom, to bring into reality a social order that benefits and cares for all. Questions for reflection are included at the end of each chapter.
Abstract:
Intro -- Half Title -- The Walter Brueggemann Library -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Series Preface by Walter Brueggemann -- Editor's Introduction by Davis Hankins -- Part One: Introducing Biblical Hope -- 1. The Bible as Literature of Hope -- 2. Living toward a Vision -- Part Two: The Torah: Hope in Promises and Expectations -- 3. The Open-Ended Hope of the Torah -- 4. God's Promises and Provision: Exegetical and Homiletical Focus -- Part Three: The Prophets: Hope for Restoration -- 5. The Prophets: Deep Memories, Passionate Convictions, and New Hopes -- 6. Hope for Well-Being in Second and Third Isaiah: Exegetical and Homiletical Focus -- Part Four: The Writings: Hope of Transformation -- 7. Hope Transformed in the Writings: Exegetical Focus (Daniel 2-4) -- 8. Hope in God's Future, Grounded in Holiness (Daniel 1 -- 7-12) -- 9. The Nagging Hope of the Lament Psalms: Exegetical and Homiletical Focus -- Part Five: Conclusion -- 10. Embracing the Transformation: A Comment on Missionary Preaching -- Acknowledgments -- Notes.
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